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[22] [23] Also according to some traditions, Salome was the sister of Mary, Jesus' mother, [23] [24] making Salome Jesus' aunt, and her sons John the Apostle and James were Jesus' cousins. [25] John the Apostle is traditionally believed to be one of two disciples (the other being Andrew) recounted in John 1:35–39, who upon hearing the Baptist ...
If he is an apostle, he must be the son of Alphæus and a believer in Jesus, ‘For neither did his brethren believe in him.’ The only conclusion is that the Mary who is described as the mother of James the Less was the wife of Alphæus and sister of Mary the Lord's mother, the one who is called by John the Evangelist 'Mary of Clopas'. [6]
Of the "brothers," however, no direct relationship to Mary or Joseph is ever indicated. Only Jesus is referred to as "son of Mary," "the son of Mary," or "son of Joseph." Only Jesus is the subject of the Old Testament messianic prophecies and only of him is the genealogy proposed. [30]
According to a universal tradition the first bishop was the Apostle James the Less, the "brother of the Lord". His predominant place and residence in the city are implied by Galatians 1:19. Eusebius says he was appointed bishop by Saint Peter, James (the Greater), and John (II, i). [20]
Zebedee (/ ˈ z ɛ b ɪ d iː / ZEB-id-ee; Ancient Greek: Ζεβεδαῖος, romanized: Zebedaîos; [1] Hebrew romanized: Zəḇaḏyâ), according to all four Canonical Gospels, was the father of James and John, two apostles of Jesus.
James the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century. James was born into a family of Jewish fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. His parents were Zebedee and Salome. Salome was a sister of Mary (mother of Jesus) which made James the Great a cousin of Jesus.
It was common for Jews of the period to bear both a Semitic name such as John (Hebrew: Yochanan) and a Greco-Roman name such as Mark (Latin: Marcus). [9] But since John was one of the most common names among Judean Jews, [10] and Mark was the most common in the Roman world, [11] caution is warranted in identifying John Mark with any other John or Mark.
Nicolas Poussin's Landscape with Saint John on Patmos (1640) Christian tradition has considered the Book of Revelation's writer to be the same person as John the Apostle. A minority of ancient clerics and scholars, such as Eusebius (d. 339/340), recognize at least one further John as a companion of Jesus, John the Presbyter. Some Christian ...